Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [prep] where the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Viking slipped away from the shelter of Sula Sgeir and turned eastward to where the distant hump of North Rona beckoned across a grey , breaking swell . |
| 2 | She walked over to where the just-savaged books lay strewn across the floor , and stirred them with the toe of her boot . |
| 3 | Both gentlemen once more glanced round to where the old lady was still staring , but now speaking to Lady Danby , whom she had detained with a hand on her arm . |
| 4 | She twisted and gazed back to where the Black Cuillins arced away in ridge after ridge of jagged stone , rearing up into a flawless sky . |
| 5 | When Lee turned out of the door and looked down to where the battered bird would have landed there was nothing to see but the same old Z-shaped crack in the hard , grey pavingstone and a streak of blood . |
| 6 | " Some people are best left alone , " said Gabriel , and he looked down to where the eldest and the middle brother were lying peacefully under their beautiful tree , with its green leaves , and its glossy fruit , and the white blossom falling like snow . |
| 7 | Cardiff looked over to where the other two strangers were laying their metal suitcases carefully down in the main reception area under the watchful eye of Pearce 's men . |
| 8 | The niece went downstairs to where the ancient sewing-machine was kept . |
| 9 | Christine 's gaze travelled downwards to where the slabsided long-range executive transporter was being refitted and refuelled . |